Full Freeview on the Tacolneston (Norfolk, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Tacolneston (Norfolk, England) transmitter which serves 330,000 homes. The bright green areas shown where the signal from this transmitter is strong, dark green areas are poorer signals. Those parts shown in yellow may have interference on the same frequency from other masts.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Tacolneston (Norfolk, England) mast?
Tacolneston transmitter - Tacolneston transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 22/04/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels 
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Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which Freeview channels does the Tacolneston transmitter broadcast?
If you have any kind of Freeview fault, follow this Freeview reset procedure first.Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Tacolneston transmitter?
BBC Look East (East) 0.8m homes 3.2%
from Norwich NR2 1BH, 16km northeast (37°)
to BBC East region - 27 masts.
70% of BBC East (East) and BBC East (West) is shared output
ITV Anglia News 0.8m homes 3.2%
from NORWICH NR1 3JG, 16km northeast (38°)
to ITV Anglia (East) region - 26 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Anglia (West)
Are there any self-help relays?
| Gt Yarmouth | Transposer | 1 km S town centre | 30 homes |
| Lowestoft (2) | Transposer | Rotterdam Rd | 125 homes |
How will the Tacolneston (Norfolk, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1950s-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 17 Jul 2018 | ||
| VHF | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | E | E T | W T | W T | ||
| C3 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
| C31 | com7 | com7 | |||||||
| C32 | _local | ||||||||
| C37 | com8 | com8 | |||||||
| C39 | +ArqB | +ArqB | ArqB | ||||||
| C40 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C42 | SDN | SDN | SDN | SDN | |||||
| C43 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C45 | ArqA | ArqA | ArqA | ArqA | |||||
| C46 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C50tv_off | BBCB | BBCB | |||||||
| C52tv_off | C5waves | C5waves | |||||||
| C55tv_off | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | -BBCA | -BBCA | -BBCA | com7tv_off | ||
| C56tv_off | COM8tv_off | ||||||||
| C57tv_off | LNR | LNR | |||||||
| C59tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | -D3+4 | -D3+4 | -D3+4 | |||
| C62 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | |||||
| C65 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves |
tv_off Being removed from Freeview (for 5G use) after November 2020 / June 2022 - more
Table shows multiplexes names see this article;
green background for transmission frequencies
Notes: + and - denote 166kHz offset; aerial group are shown as A B C/D E K W T
waves denotes analogue; digital switchover was 9 Nov 11 and 23 Nov 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 250kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-4dB) 100kW | |
| com7 | (-9.6dB) 27.4kW | |
| com8 | (-10.2dB) 24kW | |
| Mux 1*, Mux 2*, LNR | (-14dB) 10kW | |
| Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D* | (-17dB) 5kW | |
| Analogue 5 | (-18dB) 4kW |
Local transmitter maps
Tacolneston Freeview Tacolneston DAB Tacolneston TV region BBC East Anglia (East micro region)Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Tacolneston transmitter area
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Sunday, 25 September 2011
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jb388:56 PM
Stuart: If it has a black cap then there is nothing to worry about, as black indicates wide band.
Not of course that at distance from the transmitter you would have much to worry about if it wasn't, as even although it would not strictly be technically correct, at close distances from main transmitters the proverbial coat hanger would usually be found to work.
Not of course that I would advocate using that sort of thing!!
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Monday, 26 September 2011
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Mark Fletcher6:39 PM
Halifax
Interesting to note here,but after DSO2 when Tacolneston goes on full power up to maximum 100kw on all multiplexes (BBCA mux after DSO1),parts of South East Lincolnshire which is already an overlapped area covered by both Belmont and Waltham main transmitters may find that Tacolneston could possibly become the third main transmitter in the above area that i mentioned,giving Freeview viewers either an extra transmiter,or a major headache that comes with it.Towns such as Spalding,Boston and maybe Skegness,etc,may possibly pick up Tacolneston transmissions as well.Watch this space !
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Mark's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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david faulkner11:33 PM
Anyone know if Tacolneston is transmitting freeview HD at the moment....reason I ask is that we for the last few weeks we can pick up several f/v HD channels......if not then we must be picking them up from the recently DSO'd Sudbury TX .....which means from the back of the aerial !!!
Thanks
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Thursday, 29 September 2011
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david bennett9:36 AM
Bury St. Edmunds
My post code is ip33 2hx,I have a digital freeview aerial on the roof serving 5 tv's but this morning 29/09/11 the only tv receiving all channels is the main set in the lounge, all the other tv's are not receiving any of the bbc channels they are just displaying 'no signal', although all non bbc channels are working normally. The main tv in the lounge has an aerial power unit next to it and there is another box in the loft which distributes the signal to the other tv's. Can you advise me please. My tel.no.is 01284 762464
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david's: mapD's Freeview map terrainD's terrain plot wavesD's frequency data D's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Malcolm Shepherd9:42 PM
King's Lynn
david faulkner: I live in North Norfolk and my aerial points to Tacolneston, and I can all so pick up the four HD chanels. In my case I know for a fact there are coming from the Belmont tranmitter. Occasional the signal breaks up a little, but not often. I look froward to picking them up from Tacolneston.
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Malcolm's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
david bennett: Please can you see Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice ?
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Saturday, 1 October 2011
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donny12:51 PM
Serious disruption on Talconeston Today.
Mux 1 is out, Also Mux 2.
But at least i have Mux C back after almost 2 weeks without it.
I suppose this disruption will continue till Nov 13th when they finally finish.
I do not understand why it is taking 3 months for the transition period.. ditch the damn anlogue signal and pump up the digital streams wattage out now!!
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donny12:53 PM
oops i meant the 23rd Nov, Nov 13th is when BBC2 is moved to another frequency and 2 weeks later the switchover will be complete.
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